Cardiorespiratory events with bolus versus continuous enteral feeding in healthy preterm infants

Luigi Corvaglia; Silvia Martini; Arianna Aceti; Maria Grazia Capretti; Silvia Galletti; Giacomo Faldella

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.07.043

Cardiorespiratory events with bolus versus continuous enteral feeding in healthy preterm infants

J Pediatr. 2014 Dec;165(6):1255-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.07.043. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Authors

Luigi Corvaglia¹, Silvia Martini¹, Arianna Aceti², Maria Grazia Capretti¹, Silvia Galletti¹, Giacomo Faldella¹

Affiliations

¹ Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: arianna.aceti2@unibo.it.

PMID: 25171852
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.07.043

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of bolus vs continuous tube feeding on cardiorespiratory events, detected by polysomnographic monitoring, in healthy preterm infants. Continuous tube feeding resulted in a significant increase of apneas and apneas-related hypoxic episodes compared with bolus feeding.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Apnea / epidemiology*
Bradycardia / epidemiology*
Enteral Nutrition / methods*
Female
Humans
Hypoxia / epidemiology*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Male
Polysomnography